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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-19
THE TELEGRAPH WIRES

Were as usual in she way Of the ladder
brigade, and mneh time vas Lost In get
ting the ladders past them. The fire.
which vas under control by o'clock.
vas confined 10 the Ricbmond Hotel
and museum proper and the saloon Of
James Creighton and the cigar store Of
J. O. PaIAeio, on Main street.
Hugo VaItzpul, Of New York, assisted
q number Of women from the bnFninR
buiIdine. He then made his sscape BY
leapinR frem ens buildinR 10 another
until be reached the cerner OF WASH
ington and North Division streets, and
thus gained the street. VIM. j. Mann,
one Of tue preprietors Of the house. and
his wife bad q thrilling experienoe IN
getting out Mrs Mann was terribly
burned about the bead. arms and legs.
Their little danghter Jennie vas also
bursed.
1--WE dIKLs WHO 8ooMHD
On the fifth floor made Q rope Of tbeiT
bedclothes and hung u out OF the vin-
doU. but none seemed 70 have the co1E.
ace 10 start. Az last one Of the 6es
tosk hold and svune down 20 q windOu
ledge, from which she vas rsscned. Tha
thres others came down In the sama
nsnaeF and then the Afth started down
she had gone but little distance when
the rope parted and down shs vent
four stories Strange 20 aay she vas nol
killed, bat hsF lsas we're terribly bruised
her baek vas badly injsred and be
fsce and arms we're in fFiGhtfai eon
diti0n from burma Mark Osbofne, oa,
clerk and assistant manager Of thi
hoteI. is missine. Is 10 believed b
psEishsd.
suHvEvons or xEs EEnG
RoczEsrEa, March Is.-savsral sur
xivsra Of the hotel Gre a. Baffalo are Il
thia city. Wfn6sId 3. Dewey ~
assioaAly b1rned sbo1i she faca en-
bad His hair was all barned on IN
his FiRhs foot was badly barned. II
he'd q ro0m on tho second AoVr and wa
awakened by the bell. He afaswpte
10 escape BY ths haIl, but was drivs
haak hy tbs asneA Hs was reseas
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-19

General Duttont, Supervising General
Of Steam Vessels, has received letter
from the officers Of the Cleveland YES
sel Owners Association, which com
pFises about one half Of the steam ton
mage on the lakes. asking for the sus-
peusion OF rula 3 of bis eiroalAr OF
February 18Th. which pFesoribes THAI
wheel chains on steamers shall be 30
rove that the wheel and the helm shall
move tn the same direction The Asso-
citation represents that the obseryances
OF this rule vili ks sttended With eOn-
adorable tsOubie and tneonvenienee 10
them. Il 10 asseriained that ths met bod
/ Of siesrine steam vessels - repaired BY
I the rule is universal on The Atlantic and
/ Paeihe Casts and on H8ast % or rivers,
/ bat that the Cleveland steamers have
adopted the system IN uss 90 ssiiine
vessels; that II, 70 reeve the whesl
ehaiDs 20 that the wheel and ths helm
shall msye IN opposite direcsions.
Anssher FIEe IN the Palmetto state
i Rock HmL q. O., March 18Th,
p0st0fIice and eleven mercantile nrm
here were borus6 out b. Gre last niRbt
Loss. $4,000
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-19

OMAHA. March IS. Governor Tbaver
has commissioned W. r. Oodv (Rahalo
Bill) as Aide-de Camp on his etafi. with
the rank Of Colonel, and also as Com
missioner Of Nebraska TO the American
Exhibition In London.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-19

LosDcN. March 18.-The Tsnss aakn
the paEnell party Why Il does nse nv %
refute the charges made in its artiola
on "Parnellism and cFima.n u save
some of The paFtv has taken legal as-
tion, although, II the charges which
we're pEinted Be untrue. heavy damages
MIGHT ha claimed.
TIE RnRlish paper asks farther, how
Gladstone and hia friends can persist In
telling the EuRlish and Ecctch leaders
that u Ia safe and heneFahle 30 suRram-
der the government Of Iralapd 30 the
alliee and instruments Of the anti
British plotteFs In America.
Money for the Families ef shs En-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

rival Of his accusers-Editor Henry and hi.
brother from Europe: Mr.. Henry's chase
after his erring wife has been an exciting
one: He arrived In the city from Mime
sofa close on the heels OF the clipping
couple: They eludsd him. however, and
took passage for Liverpool, the ministe,
registering as Francis Coverdale. Henry
and his brother followed on the next
steamer. and arrived in Liverpool twelve
hours after the fugitives, who by that time
had made themselves invisible. The edi.
tor employed a host OF detectives and The
minister. finding that the search was grow
ing uncomfortably hot, decided to double
on his pursuers. He accordingly arrayed
himself and Mrs. Henry in very plain cloth.
ing and took passage back for New York in
the eteerage OF the Adriatic, as ordinary
emigrants. According to the detectives,
this is not the first affair OF the
same. kind in which Dominic Seymour
has been implicated. They claim that
wife have also been deceived and deserted
In Illinois by Seymour, who. however.
has succeeded, they say. until now in con.
cealing his connection with the scandal.
The police do rot appear to have a very
high opinion of Seymour, who il now III
jail: They say that in addition to running
away with girl scarcely fourteen
years OF age, and, after living with her fot
a few weeks; cast her adritt. He eloped
with q married woman OF his congre:
cation, whom he also deserted. In both
these instances he escaped punishment, but
in the present one it is likely to go hard
with him. The officers believe tina t it was
his intention to abandon Mrs. Henry on
their arrival in this city. That lady her.
self confessed that she was of the opinion
that she would have to shift Tor herself
melancholy when he was put behind thu
prison bars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
The Grand Army Encampment.

The official programme for the business
and entertainment Of the Grand Army en-.
campment which is to be held at St. Louis,
beginning on the Goth cf September, was
decided upon and will be published and
distributed. Its chief features are as fol-
lows:
First-Monday, reception of visiting
comrades at depots and steamboat land.
ines. Tuesday, grand parade and review;
evening, formal reception and welcome by
Mayor Francis, grand illumination OF
the streets by gas and electric lights.
Wednesday, opening Of encampment
and national convention Of Won.
ans Relief Corps; reunion of states
and regiments in Forest Park; excursions
on the river to Jefferson barracks and Ma
tional cemetery: evening street illumina.
ton, musical entertainments and fire.
works. Observation-Disclosures meeting of
the encampment; excursion to the tomb
OF Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, Ill.,,
and river excursions. Evening: Street illu.
mination and parade Of the trades dis
play association an allegorical represen.
tation OF the business interests DIST. Louis.
Friday: Meeting OF the encampment and
river excursions evening-Srreet illumina-
tion, banquet to the officers. delegates and
representatives to the grand encampment;
grand camp fire and pyrotechnic display.
Saturday-Railroad excursion to Nash.
vile. Mammoth Cave, Ky3 and other
points of interest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
The Inwardness OF the Colorado Indian Row.

A private letter from Colorado received
by gentleman in St. Louis, which throws
some additional light upon the Indian
troubles in that state. 1t says:
Colorow, during the negotiations PROT
to the removal OF the Uncompahgrec and
White River Utes to their present reserva.
ton, refused to give his consent to the pro.
ject. The requisite three. quarters OF the
adult males consented and the tribes were
removed. Capt. Jack and Colorow with
their bands refused to go: Capt: Jack
was killed at Washable. Later Colorow
insisted upon it that he had never bargain:
ed away his home. He had n following OF
fifteen bucks originally. He has lived in
Colorado, and has considerable wealth in
horses and cattle. / know OF no depreda.
tions that he has committed. On one
or two casions men OF his band have
been killed by whites. The people OF
Colorado since the rest OF the Utes moved
have been trying to get rid OF Colorow, but
he has obstinately refused togo. Helooks
upon the country as his. The whites OBJ
ject. This part OF Colorado is not wealthy;
they need money. Troops bring money;
they want troops. Two motive exist
therefore for the whites to make trouble
to be rid Of Colorow and to get troops in.
to their Hostility to Indians induced the
sheriff to procure indictments for breaking
game laws. The spark was applied, and
the state broke out in flame, which now
seems to have about burned out. The
horse thief story is circulated, and may be
true, but it appears from all l can learn
that the whites have stolen fifty arimals
to the Indians one.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

James w. Porch, at one time Con-
sul-General OF the United States at
the City Of Mexico, recently returned
to New York, and was interviewed by
a representative of the Tribune. Mr..
Porch said he liked the country 80
we'll that he intended to return and
engage in private business. The coun.
try, he says, offers great field for
American capital. Mr.. Porch, how
ever, reads Young America a lesson
which is probably undeserved. A
good many Americans 60 to Mexico
with the idea that they own the coun-
try, Tho French and German are
more politic than the Americans.
Both of the former nationalities are
therefore reaping a rich harvest. They
adapt themselves to the ways Of the
people, and thereby establish trade
relations which are accorded to but
few Americans. Politeness counts for
more in Mexican than in this country.
Business is business is our motto.
but in Mexico politeness is often bust.
peSss
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
Senator Cnll0m on the Interstate Law.

At large meeting of farmers and old
settlers OF Illinois at Sycamore, Senator
Cullom spoke ut length on matters of trans
portation and commercial regulation.
Said he: "Of the interstate law, that
those who have tried to prejudice the pub.
lie against the law have not succeeded in
awakening n popular demand for it's repeal.
The railroads represent $4,000, 600, 900
of the SAT, 500, 100000 OF tho wealth OF
the people. Possibly $4,000, OOO,O 900 OF
the sum said to be in railroads in the Unit
ed States is watered, and ought to be-
squeezed out. However that may be-
there is vast amount of money invested
in railroads in the United States. and such
an amount OF capital behind the great
corporations may become dangerous to the
liberties OF the people. 1t is the business of
the commission to be on the alert and to
deal unsparingly with the officers and
agents of any road guilty OF violation 81
the law"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
The Hawaiian question seems to be

The Hawaiian question seems to be
settled for the time being with very
fair prospect of remaining settled up
on the basis OF good government. The
constitution place the power in the
hands OF an assembly elected by the
people, composed of two bodies, after
the American model, the nobles and
representatives and a responsible
ministry, King Kalakaua being sim.
ply figure head that will soon dis.
appear. The latest advices state that
nearly all the candidates for the as
sembly are of American birth or par
entaee, so that the new government
will be in the hands of men who un-
derstand the system and know it's
value. The new government will
hardly be an experiment under their
auspices, but an assured success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

1.-THE population of Great Britain, i"
says a contemporary, lis at the pres
emit moment being added to ut the
rate of at least 1000 persons a day,
or in the words OF the registrar gener.
al, it receives every ten years an &C.
cession equal to the whole population
OF London In connection with this
enormous growth two points deserve
to be noted. The disproportion of
the sexes, in itself a serious evil, is
slowly but steadily increasing. The
distribution Of the population is un.
dergoing a sensible change. The towns
except where some special cause is
at work-are everywhere growing.
The rural population is either stand.
ing still or actually diminishing. The
metropolis alone receives every week
an addition of more than 1000 per-
sons. and the cry is, Still they comet -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
GETTING AT THE YIELD.
Estimates OF Thresl,ers ~ to the Yield OF tn,
Principal Cereals.

! Estimates OF Threshers ~ to the Yield OF the
Principal Cereals.
Chicago, Aug. 2S.-The Farmers Review
printed the following summary review in
this weeks paper
Our reports now indicate as expected;
that only late planted corn has been ma.
terially benefited by the recent rains. The
average yield OF winter wheat in the differ
emit states, as shown Ivy threshing returns
from our crop reporters, is as follows:
Sixteen Illinois counties, 1G% bushels; ten
Wisconsin counties, 1G TO bushels; ten
Indiana counties, ii 2-5 bush.
els; thirteen Michigan counties, - 1-6
bushels; thirteen Ohio counties 13 S-13
bushels; eleven Missouri counties, 20 3.11
bushels, and eleven Kansas counties, 10
I'll bushels. The average yield OF spring
wheat in the different states is as follows:
Seventeen counties in Iowa, liz bushels;
seven counties in Minnesota, 1O II bush.
els; and nine Nebraska counties, 0 10
bushels. The average yield of oats III the
different states, as shown by the threshing
returns from our reporters, is as follows:
Eighteen Illinois counties, 80 1-6 bushels:
ten Wisconsin counties, 81 as bushels;
ten Indiana counties, 80 Is bushels;
twelve Michigan counties, 81 I'll bushels;
twelve Ohio counties, 3OH bushels; eleven
Missouri counties, 36 Gil bushels; twelve
Kansas counties, 29K bushels; twenty.
two Iowa counties. 81 10.11 bushels; sew.
en- Minnesota counties. 81 IL bushels, and
nine Nebraska counties, 20 2-5 bushels
The average condition OF the corn crop in
the states reporting is as follows: Seven.
teen couities in Illinois report an average
condition of the crop Of 54.7 per cent; ten
counties in Wisconsin. 70 per cent; ten
counties in Indiana, 81 per cent:
twelve counties in Michigan. 50 per cent:
nine counties in Missouri, 70 per cent; nine
counties in Kansas 52.3 per cent; twenty:
two Iowa counties, 1877 por cent; nine
Minnesota counties, 70 per cent, and ten
Nebraska counties 81 per cent. Pastures
are now doing we'll, and the prospect for
fall feed is consequently better. No change
to be noted regarding the potato and ap
pie crop.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
The BabcOck Murder Case.

Chicago Tribune's Gardner, ILL.,, Special:
That Babcock had criminal relations with
Miss Dodge is practically undisputed here
That he seduced her under promise OF
marriage is generally conceded in this
place. Mrs. Dodge was anxious to have
Babcock for a son-in-law; Miss Dodge was
anxious to have him for a husband. The
women were eager to have him borrow
their money; it is said they
thrust it upon him, asking him
to find a profitable investment
for it or else keep it himself as loan. He
took the IN oney. and it is believed he ruined
the girl. He was willing to pay back the
money, and it is now believed did pay back
good deal Of 1t, but he evaded and TEN.
ported when marriage was talked of. It
was his apparent anxiety to pay the Dor
rowed money that convinced Miss Dodge
that he wanted to get out OF his promise
of marriage. The two apparently occu.
pied the same bed recently.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

The statistics of street car travel in
the great cities are surprising. Dur.
ing the year 1886 the Boston compa'
MES carried, in round numbers, 26, OOO,.
0OOpassengers; the Philadelphia COM
panies 102,00O,0oO passengers; the
Brooklyn companies 100000, GOO
passengers, and the New York compa.
MES 100000, 900 passengers. The en-.
tire cost OF the lines and equipment,
including capital stock and bonds
was, in Boston, in round numbers,
$1O,300.o0o; in Philadelphia, $22,.
100000; in Brooklyn, $13, 100000,
and in New York, $35. 100000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

The public debt reached its highest
point in August, 1865, twenty-five
years ago, when it was $2,381, $780,.
295. It is now, not including the
Pacific Railroad bonds. $1,OO1, $780,.
$50. In other words, more than one.
half of the debt has been paid within
that period. 1t has been reduced at
the average rate of $62.7O6.975 each
year, $5,225,5 8l each month, STA.
1856 each day, $7,25S each hour, and
Sl2O,O47 fer every minute OF the en-.
tire twenty two years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
Sergeant McCOmb Relates His
Experience in Illinois.

From the St. Lewis Globe Democrat.
/ spent the Fourth of July in part
of Illinois where the farmers hadn't
any rain for month and were pray
ing for it to come. was in the house
of one of these farmers, a strong beleiv-
er in the efficacy of prayer, and hetold
ME he thought that the Lord was
sending them the drouth to punish
them for their wickedness. After din
ner I went out into the woods and Law
down under a tree. Pretty soon a big
dead limb dropped off tree close to
my head. had lived in the country
long enough to know that was good
sign of approaching rain. Then, q lit
tie while more l heard a tree-toad
chirp. Rain sign No. 2! Then heard
q rain-crow cav and sat up to listen.
Sign No. 8! Presently heard loco
motive whistle and the train rumble
over u track knew was fifteen miles
away. Sign No. 4!
got up and went into the house
and told my friend that 1 had been
out praying for rain to come before
night, and added that Twas confident
of getting what wanted. He looked
at me mournfully and said IN a hope
less way that he guessed not. It was
not for an irreligious man from St.
Louis to come out there and outpray
all the good people OF that neighbor-
hood. l took him out in the Yard
and showed him the clouds. "Oh,"
said he, with a cheerfulness, "that'l
pass around US. We've had that to
occur before" But made him m la
everything secure and before long there
came along a rain that would have
drowned a man if he had been out in
it. The farmer vas in ecstacies and
would have canonized mo if he had
known how. lett while my laurels
were green, and suppose my friend
hasen't yet decided whether or not l
possess supernatural powers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

The Boston and Providence Rail-
road has already paid $450,00o on
account of the Busy bridge disaster
near Boston q few months ago, and
the aggregate of unsatisfed claims is
as much more. This is costly but
just penalty for negligence and the
false economy OF few thousand dol.
lars on bridge inspection. A million
OF dollars will about cover it, and
some of the stockholders will have to
exist on reduced dividends for year
or two,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
THAT EVANSVILLE PAIR.
Rev David Seymour and Mrs. J. A. Henry, the
EiopcrS, Appreciated In New York They arc
Found Among the Storage Passengers Of
Steamer from Liverpool.

Row David Seymour and Mrs. J. A. Henry, the
Eiopcr*, Apprehended In New York They arc
Found Among the Steerass Passengers Of
Steamer from Liverpool,
New York Special OF the 9th says: A
methodist minister and an editors wife
an interesting combination under any
circumstances; add to il n Irritation in a
lar Minnesota town, elopement, q hurried
flight half way across the continent to
that city and thence to Liverpool md
back a hot pursuit by the irate editor, Il
dock and you have the outline OF
u drama that vas unfolded at
Jefferson Market police court this morn
ing. For the past two years Rev.
David Seymour has been the m ost popular
pastor in GAINESVILLE, Waseca county,
Minnesota. His church, the Second
Methodist, was the largest and wealhiest
in the county, and his eloquence and
piety were famed far and wide. On
expectedly, bnt his friends said that
he had been suddenly summoned
East to attend to Il legacy. At the same
time, however, Mrs. Fannie Henry, the
young and handsome wife OF the editor OF
the GAINESVILLE Argus, also left town very
suddenly for the East, and some OF the
gossips shook their heads mysteriousIy.
tus when two days later, Editor Henry
left his two little children and
with his brother, also started
eastward, but nothing was known definite
~ about their destination. On Friday
evening, when the Adriatic of the White
Star line arrived from Liverpool at
her dock foot OF West Tenth street, De-
tectives Parrazzo and Cush of Inspector
Byrnes squad were the first to board her.
They began Il careful search among the i'm
mi grants in the steerage. and soon stepped
before u couple who were standing apart
from the other immigrants and gazing out
at the lights of the city. The man wore a
rough suit of gray tweed He was hand
some and dignitied in bearing and devoted
himself to his companion, q pretty little
woman with red hair. Her dress was of
plain, black cloth, but there was an un-
mistakable air OF refinement about
her that ill-suited the steerase pas.
senger OF IN ocean steamship. De.
tective Parrazzo arrested the man al
Rev. David Seymour on q charge
OF having run away with 800 belonging 10
the treasury of his Minnesota church. The
woman who at once tainted, was Editor
Henry's missing wife, but as there was no
charge against her she was not arrest.
ed. The reverend prisoner was tax.
en- to Jefferson Market police
court. where he was remanded until tho ar
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
ONE LESS AT AONE,
0na laaa ak honnAl

One less at homei
The charmed circle broken-s dear Taco
Missed day by day from ito accustomed
place,
But cieansed, and saved, and perfected
by grace!
One less at homo!
One voice of welcome hushed, and ever
One farewell word spoken: on the shore,
Where parting comes not. ono soul
landed more
One more in heavenl
One less at home!
Chill as the earth-born mist the thought
would rise,
And warp our footsteps round, and dim
But the bright sunbeam darteth from
the skies
One more in heaven!
One more at home!
This is not home, where cramped in
earthly mold
Our sight OF Christ is din-our love is
cold,
But there, where face to face We shall be-
"old,
One less on earth!
It's pains, it's sorrows, and it's tolls to
share;
One less the pilgrims daily cross to bear;
One moro the crown Of ransomed souls
to wear,
At home in heaven!
One more in heaven!
Another thought to brighten cloudy
days.
Another theme of thankfulness and
praise,
Another link on high our souls to raise
To home and heaven!
One more at home!
That home where separation cannot be
That home where none are missed etern
lily,
Lord Jesus grant US all a place with The,
At home in heaven!
Chicago Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

Seven thousand five hundred and
eight persons are employed by the
Pullman car system. Tho car shops
ut the town OF Pullman CARRY $500
workers on the payroll, tho wages for
June amounting to $500 The
highest priced car ever built cost 340,.
600, the average for an ordinary Pull.
man car being $4,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

A southern paper says it is too ear
ly to be predicting either an carly or
a late fall, but the weather wise are
discussing the subject. Up north it is
the impression that it will be q long
time before frost. Down south the
country people have observed many
indications OF an early fall and q hard
winter. Upon one point all are inclin.
ed to agree, and that is that the ON.
ing winter will be q cold one.